Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell
Ermengol or Armengol VII (died 1184) was the
Valencia
").
The son of
Ermengol VI and his first wife, Arsenda of Cabrera, Ermengol VII inherited his father's titles upon the death of Ermengol VI in 1154.[1] In 1157, Ermengol VII married Dulce, daughter of Roger III of Foix and Jimena de Osona, who acted as his regent during his absences in Castile. Without any possibility of expansion into surrounding territory, Ermengol was attracted to the Castilian possessions that he inherited from his grandmother. Thus, a major part of his reign was spent in the vassalage of Ferdinand II of León, to whom he was majordomo and tenant of many castles in Extremadura
.
Around 1166, he founded the canons of Bellpuig de les Avellanes. In 1163, he granted a charter to the people of Agramunt and in 1174 to Balaguer. In 1164, he coined his own comital currency in Agramunt.
Ermengol VII died at
Ermengol VIII. He also left a daughter, Marquesa, who married Ponç III of Cabrera
in 1194.
References
- ^ Lomax, DW (1982). "Catalans in the Lebanese Empire". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Liverpool).
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